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“Do you not want to kiss me because you think it’s gross?” he said, and Mike’s eyes widened.
“What?” he said, “No! Of course not! I don’t — why would you even—“
“Well, I can’t think of any other reason that you’d be opposed, since you had no problem coming in here with Lucas—“
Suddenly, Mike slipped on a loose board and grabbed Will by the waist to steady himself, sending him wobbling backwards until he was pressed bodily against the shelf. The rattling of the pail drowned out his muffled squeak of surprise. Will stared at him, his pupils blown wide. The infinitesimal space between them seemed cavernous.
“Will, I don’t want to kiss you because you’re in a relationship,” said Mike carefully, his breath ghosting over Will’s lips in the dark.
Will has a (useless) boyfriend. Mike takes it as a challenge.
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There was a buzzing sound, and a beep, before the same words sounded again:
“—all me back. I miss hearing your voice. I miss you.”
Another buzz, then again: “—still here… anyway, call me back. I miss hearing your voice. I miss you.”
Joyce realised with a terrible lurch to her heart that Will hadn’t called Mike. He wasn’t finally speaking to him again—it was a cassette tape. A cassette tape of Mike’s voice, a recording from what must’ve been the end of a missed phone call, and he was replaying Mike’s last sentence over and over. I miss hearing your voice. I miss you.
When Joyce first saw Mike at five years old—a sweet, caring little thing, jumping to Will’s aid without a second thought—she’d never thought it would end up like this.
Or; Byler from Joyce’s perspective
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"I wonder why people like it," Mike mused, eyes scanning down the page.
Will glanced over at it. The first column said Drive Her Wild: Pull Her Hair in large red letters. The other columns all contained information of much the same likeness: Make Her Moan: Choke Her, and Get Her Going: Slap Her Ass. Will raised an eyebrow.
"What? Hair pulling?"
"Yeah,” said Mike, glancing over at him. “And the… other stuff."
Will felt his stomach clench nervously. "Why? Do you… do you want to try it?"
Will finds a porn magazine and decides to show it to Mike, who develops a few new ideas on how to make things between them more interesting.
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“Your boyfriend?” she prompted, speaking quite slowly and carefully as though she was talking to a toddler, “You know, the fake boyfriend you use as an excuse every time someone asks you out?”
Will blinked surprisedly, then cracked up laughing, “What?” he said, “Fake boyfriend?” he repeated, grinning, “You do realise — you know my boyfriend isn’t fake, right? I do have a boyfriend. For the past year and a half, actually.”
Will Byers’ boyfriend is something of a myth amongst the residents of RISD. Nobody has met him, he supposedly helped to save Will’s life, and he goes to Brown. Seriously… who is this guy?
Or; Byler from the perspective of Will’s college friends.
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Mike shifted his hips up as Will tasted him, biting his lip, kissing every part of him he could reach. Will moved from his mouth down to his jaw, nipping at him, leaving marks on his white skin. Mike’s hand came up to grip at his shoulder.
“Do you want me now?” Will murmured against the shell of his ear, “Would you — would you want—“
“Yeah,” Mike breathed, his eyes darkening, “I want you. All the time — I want you — you can,” he broke off, letting out a noise that made Will blush. “You can fuck me, if you want. Fuck me ‘til I can’t walk.”
When Mike came home, he went straight to Will.
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When Max is sent away for a month for advanced out of state hospital treatment, Lucas is left with way too much time and way too many feelings. So when he notices the unresolved tension simmering between Will and Mike, he decides to do something about it. But before he can even process what that truly entails, he’s already knee deep in secrets, feelings, and “friendships” that are a lot more complicated than he signed up for.
OR: What starts as a distraction from missing Max turns into the most complicated plan of Lucas’s life as he shifts from helping Will get over Mike to setting them up together (because he’s the bestest, most supportive friend ever, obviously!)
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“Woah,” Will whispers to himself incredulously, laughing a little under his breath as he shuffles through the pages of the letter again. He can’t help but admire the smooth, off-white stationery, its pleasant weight in his hands. A serious-looking “MJW” watermark adorns the top of each page, totally at odds with the entertaining missive and its author’s garbled cursive. Will laughs quietly to himself again. What sixteen-year-old boy on earth has monogrammed stationery?
Michael J. Wheeler, apparently. Where did Max find this guy?
Mike Wheeler is insecure, even by normal teenage standards. So when his friend, Max, connects him with her old friend from California, he's surprised by how easily they get along. But as the weeks wear on, their letters grow increasingly personal, and they make plans to embark on a week-long trip, Mike can't let go of one inconvenient, anxiety-inducing thought: What if he wants to be more than friends?
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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13 Dec 2025